ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adj. lamellar, lamellated † , lamelliform † , layered; laminated, laminiferous † ; micaceous † ;
schistose, schistous † ; scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous [Anat.];
foliated, foliaceous † ; stratified, stratiform; tabular, discoid; spathic † , spathose † .
trilamellar † .
graphitic † .
205. Filament -- N. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle † , vein; hair, capillament † , cilium,
cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet † , venula † , venule † .
wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape,
ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute.
strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver,
shaving.
beard &c (roughness) 256; ramification; strand.
Adj. filamentous, filamentiferous † , filaceous † , filiform † ; fibrous, fibrillous † ; thread-like,
wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform † ; funicular, wire-drawn; anguilliform † ;
flagelliform † ; hairy &c (rough) 256; taeniate † , taeniform † , taenioid † ; venose † , venous.
206. Height -- N. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness &c adj.;
sublimity.
tallness &c adj.; stature, procerity † ; prominence &c 250.
colossus &c (size) 192; giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard.
mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle † , fell, knap † ; cape; headland,
foreland † ; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down;
moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights &c (summit) 210; knob, loma † , pena
[U.S.], picacho † , tump † ; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff,
cliff, craig † , tor † , peak, pike, clough † ; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height.
tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret,
dome, cupola; skyscraper.
pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff; top mast, topgallant mast.
ceiling &c (covering) 223.
high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide.
altimetry &c (angel) 244 [Obs.]; batophobia † .
satellite, spy-in-the-sky.
V. be high &c adj.; tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over; orbit, be in orbit;
cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch,
surmount; cover &c 223; overtop &c (be superior) 33; stand on tiptoe.
become high &c adj.; grow higher, grow taller; upgrow † ; rise &c (ascend) 305; send
into orbit.
render high &c adj.; heighten &c (elevate) 307.
Adj. high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall; gigantic &c (big) 192; Patagonian;
towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens); elevated &c 307; upper; highest &c
(topmost) 210; high reaching, insessorial † , perching.
upland, moorland; hilly, knobby [U.S.]; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven
kissing; cloudtopt † , cloudcapt † , cloudtouching † ; aerial.
overhanging &c v.; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent † , supernatant,
superimposed; prominent &c v. 250.